In light of the recent oil spill,
we think this film event has special meaning...
The film shares the extraordinary story of citizen activists in
Northern California who initiated a movement that saved the lands north
of San Francisco that were scheduled for massive development---
instead we got things like the Pt Reyes National Seashore & the Marin
Agriculture Land Trust!
We want to honor all the organizations who helped preserve our precious
landscape in our region through the decades...not just as open space, but
as a functioning ecosystem we all rely on for life itself.
Joining us to table will be many preservation & conservation groups,
including Urban Creeks Council, Gaviota Coast Conservancy, Naples
Coalition, Santa Barbara Botanic Garden, Get Oil Out, Paul Relis,
founding executive director of the CEC with his new book, and
others...
Hope you can join us!
Film
Trailer:
http://rebelsdocumentary.org/trailer/
Santa
Barbara Permaculture Network Presents
Award-Winning
Documentary Film
Rebels with a
Cause
How a Battle Over Land Changed the
California Landscape Forever
Thursday, May 28,
2015
6:30-8:30pm
-FREE
Santa Barbara Central Library, Faulkner Gallery
they were unpaid
& they were crazy. they were...
In the first half of the
20th century, California's population increased by 600% and by the 1950's
development was consuming coastal open space and farmland to housing
development & shopping malls in a way that seemed to have no
limits.
A stunningly beautiful film narrated by Frances McDormand, Rebels
With A Cause is the tale about the dreamers and schemers and
activists who - despite reversals, diversions and disappointments -
persist in their mission for more than twenty years and foster a
national movement beginning in California to preserve open space that
ultimately grew into a legacy of National Seashores, National Parks and
National Recreation Areas around the nation.
It's the story of garden clubs, ranchers, farmers conservationists,
politicians, widows and volunteers, all of whom worked their way through
compromise and negotiation with the American public coming up as the
winner.
It's a struggle that crosses party lines, unites seemingly antagonistic
foes, falters and is nearly extinguished many times along the way, but
ultimately is victorious. Beautiful cinematic footage, clever
animation, moving interviews and a very compelling story are woven
together in story that is especially meaningful for our times.
Award winning filmmakers Nancy Kelly and Kenji Yamamoto of Kelly+Yamamoto
Productions capture breathtaking natural landscapes while chronicling the
story of an unusual group of individuals who make monumental change to
help preserve a landscape for future generations.
Santa Barbara Permaculture Network invites community members, leaders,
educators, students, and all who care about land preservation to
attend and join the discussion about preservation of not only open
space, but also agricultural lands in trust, urban community landtrusts,
and how future generations can participate in preserving our own
beautiful and unique landscape.
The free event takes place on Thursday, May 28,
6:30-8:30pm, at the downtown Santa Barbara Central Library, Faulkner
Gallery,40 E. Anapamu St, 93101. No reservations are required. More
info:
www.sbpermaculture.org,
margie@sbpermaculture.org,
805-962-2571.
More Info:
Watch the Trailer:
http://rebelsdocumentary.org/trailer/
Viewers Guide for organizations & schools:
http://rebelsdocumentary.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/RebelswithaCause_ViewersGuide.pdf
Information on Film and Filmmakers
http://rebelsdocumentary.org
Rebels With A Cause, on Santa Barbara
Permaculture Network Facebook Event Page:
https://www.facebook.com/events/686558494804829/
Santa Barbara Food Alliance Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/sbfoodalliance
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(805) 962-2571
P.O. Box 92156, Santa Barbara, CA 93190
margie@sbpermaculture.org
http://www.sbpermaculture.org
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